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 This offer was readily accepted, and the Marquis, under protection of the Truce, came with it to the Government-houe, in order to grant his terms, and to fign his part of the Articles of Capitulation. While this was doing, the firing from the batteries ceaed, which gave two French frigates aa opportunity of coming abreat of Roeau; when the Commanders of them, it is probable, not knowing that the iland had urrendered, eeing the Englih colours till flying, with thoe of the French under them on the ame taff, they fired ome broadides into the town.

This unexpected alute exaperating the militia, they immediately returned it with a forty-two pound cannon-ball, which, however, fell wide of its mark, the gun, in the hurry they were in to hew their reentment at o flagrant a breach, as they uppoed, of the Truce, being ill-pointed. This the militia were oon ready to rectify, by pointing another